The Unitarian Universalist hymn “Oh, What a Piece of Work Are We” celebrates the capacity of humanity. It also opens the door to a contemporary chuckle… what a piece of work, indeed! Both responses are revelatory.
Author: Rev. Anya Sammler-Michael (Rev. Anya Sammler-Michael)
Sermons
Love and Power
Power without love is reckless and abusive, and love without power is sentimental and anemic. Power at its best is love implementing the demands of justice, and justice at its best is power correcting everything that stands against love.” ― Martin Luther King Jr.
Sermons
Carriers of the Light
Our annual holiday pageant, celebrating many December rituals, takes a different shape during the pandemic.
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Institutional Healing
From Rev. Anya Sammler-Michael, Senior Co-MinisterOur congregation’s Board of Trustees recently adopted their own Covenant which begins with this promise:We will work for equity and inclusion, countering systemic oppression in all we do for UUCM; we will work to overcome historic and institutional white privilege and other forms of structural inequities. This is a covenantal...
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I Hear Leaf Blowers: A Reflection on Deep Listening
I have gotten to the place in my meditations where I can listen through most challenging noises, to hear a stillness beyond, but leaf blowers are different.